4 Surprising Times to Express Gratitude

You’ll never be great and ungrateful at the same time. Gratefulness sees advantage where ungratefulness sees obstacle. Unexpressed gratitude is ungratefulness. 4 surprising times to express gratitude #1. When tempted to complain express… Continue reading

How to Be a People-Pleaser and Still Be True to Yourself

“I can’t give you a sure-fire formula for success, but I can give you a formula for failure: try to please everybody all the time.” Herbert Bayard Swope, first recipient of the Pulitzer… Continue reading

The Power of Wishful Thinking

I stood beside the sink and marveled while dad proved his manliness. He whipped lather in a cup with a steaming shaving brush. His face disappeared in glorious white foam. The swipe of… Continue reading

Best Advice Ever: Buy Premium Toilet Paper

I had my first encounter with one of plumbing’s greatest inventions while in the Middle East, a bidet. It’s a thing of beauty. My best advice – if you haven’t tried one –… Continue reading

Great Advice for Leaders in Two Words

Bad advice is dangerous when it sounds smart. Take, ‘get over it’, for example. ‘Get over it’, isn’t great advice. It’s absurd and destructive. Don’t get over it. Become better because of it.… Continue reading

Saturday Sage: How to Become a Go-To Person

When your friends face critical life-decisions, you want to be their go-to person. When knees buckle and people are stressed, you want to give strength. When leaders around you stumble, you want them… Continue reading